Tag: Dopamine

  • Nation & World

    Beyond Pavlov

    Artificial intelligence researchers and neurobiologists share data on how options are sorted in decision-making.

    4 minutes
    Researchers standing on stairwell.
  • Nation & World

    The ‘right’ diet

    Professor Emily Balskus and her team have identified an entirely new class of enzymes that degrade chemicals essential for neurological health, but also help digest foods like nuts, berries, and tea, releasing nutrients that may impact human health.

    4 minutes
    Spoon with pomogranate seeds.
  • Nation & World

    Possible progress against Parkinson’s

    Harvard Stem Cell Institute researchers at McLean Hospital have taken what they describe as an important step toward using the implantation of stem cell-generated neurons as a treatment for Parkinson’s disease.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Coffee drinking tied to lower risk of suicide

    Drinking several cups of coffee daily appears to reduce the risk of suicide in men and women by about 50 percent, according to a new study by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Alcohol abuse after weight loss surgery?

    Experts on the use of bariatric surgery for the treatment of obesity gathered at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study earlier this month for a two-day seminar examining new evidence that stomach surgery for the treatment of obesity has unexpected side effects, including an increased incidence of alcohol abuse among patients.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    How we get hooked

    Harvard Provost Steven Hyman gave Harvard’s neighbors in the community a taste of the University’s academic workings, with a community lecture on the biological mechanisms behind drug addiction Dec. 7.

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Truths and myths on marijuana

    Seminar on marijuana discusses legal ramifications, effects of using the drug.

    3 minutes